Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 1914 War Merit Cross II Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A Grand Officer’s set consisting

A Grand Officer’s set consisting of a finely enameled red four-armed cross in silver gilt

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Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Grand Duchy. A 1914 War Merit Cross II Class consisting of a blue enamelled Romanian Cross with clusters of nine gilt rays in eac A Grand Officer’s set consisting(Militr Verdienstkreuz II. Klasse 1914). 28 February 1915 by Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. Constructed of gilded bronze, on loop for suspension from its period original ribbon, consisting of a Cross Patte with pebbled arms, the obverse with a central monogram of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV, the six oclock arm with a date of 1914, the twelve oclock arm with a royal crown, the reverse with an inscription of FR AUSZEICHNUNG IM KRIEGE (FOR EXCELLENCE